For those who watched professional wrestling there’s a term they use for positive cheers – “pop.” The easiest way to get a pop is to mention the town in which they hold an event or refer to something of patriotic in nature. Americans (at least wrestling fans) just love chances to do a “USA! USA!” chant. That’s what they call a “cheap pop.”

Noynoy Aquino announced that he will be running for president in 2010. There he was flashing the old “L” (Laban) sign. A cheap pop if I ever saw one. A cheap pop indeed.

All this whole Noynoy running for president was simply triggered by the death of his mother. Some consider it a resurrection of the whole People Power sentiment but it’s simply a play on people’s nostalgia as far as I am concerned. Perhaps even an opportunity for some other personalities to get some babyface brownie points while at it.

Noynoy’s name never came up as a candidate before his mother passed away so why now? I reiterate my question about Noynoy’s track record. What made him the right candidate aside from having Ninoy and Cory as parents? I’d really really like to know.

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Personally I have little to no respect for people who get to enjoy an elevated status in life just because their parents paved the way for them. Bratty trust fund babies top my list and next-generation politicos come next. This whole tradition just breeds people with false sense of entitlements. Feudal age royalties in a supposedly modern world.

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Parent and son presidencies aren’t uncommon. The US had the Adamses and the Bushes. We’ve already had the Macapagals for our case. If Noynoy wins I wonder if he’d be Quincy or W.

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